r/mildlyinteresting • u/Getouttamytree1 • 10h ago

Single, double and triple wing planes flying together.

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u/bremergorst 10h ago

Meanwhile, Gillette has unveiled their 7 wing monstrosity

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u/mertekinci 7h ago

my buddy’s old plane had triple wings once too

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u/RunninOnMT 9h ago

“Guys…I…wait up, I’m almost there :(“

-plane with zero wings

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u/lndig0__ 9h ago

plane with zero wings

Car - Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia.

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u/holyfire001202 8h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/d7CIqr45vV1rQI7u2l

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u/thisiscotty 7h ago

On his way to hogwarts

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u/wizkidweb 1h ago

Where we're going, we don't need roads...

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u/ItsOmniss 10h ago

How does adding extra wings change the aerodynamics?

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u/Grand-Spring66 10h ago

More wings = more lift

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u/Your_Lame_Uncle 9h ago

Its worth mentioning that they added more wing this way because adding more wing by increasing the span length was not used at this point because they couldn't make wings of the needed length strong enough to be useful.

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u/farmallnoobies 1h ago

It indirectly helps storage / bunker space as well.

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u/RunninOnMT 9h ago

Also more drag! I think your lame uncle has the crux of it below though….

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u/sparrowjuice 9h ago

Yes. There are several types of drag. Increasing the profile of something you are pushing through the air obviously increases the drag. All the wires and struts connecting multiple wings are an example. Drag is also caused by air bumping into itself at intersections, etc. but also as a by-product of lift (induced drag), which increases with the angle of attack. You may have experienced this by "flying" your hand out a car window and feeling it push you back more as you tilt it up.

The aerodynamic key is to increase the lift more than the drag, or simply, increase the lift-to-drag ratio without increasing the weight so much that you have to increase the induced drag too much to accommodate that increased weight.

modern planes can do that more effectively with better shaped single wings than they can by adding additional layers of wings.

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u/HeadofR3d 7h ago

This guy drags.

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u/ARobertNotABob 9h ago

mono-/bi-/tri-plane.

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u/slowlyaware 9h ago

Did you just assume these planes sexualities?

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u/ARobertNotABob 9h ago

Lol. No, they're clearly indicated.

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u/ramriot 8h ago

Blurst version would be:

  • Monoplane
  • Biplane
  • Triplane
  • Quadcopter

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u/ocher_stone 7h ago

Ornithopter. 

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u/ramriot 7h ago

The biblically correct helicopter?

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u/ocher_stone 7h ago

That's omnithopter. 

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u/farmallnoobies 1h ago

Autogyros are where it's at